Sunday, April 10, 2016

Dear Readers,
today is Sunday and no new issue of the Weekend Wave has been posted.
I would like to explain why. It is related to last week.
I spent a lot of extra hours at work. I left work on Friday afternoon bugged. I thought and hoped to get in a better mood with my visit to gym on Saturday morning. It did not work. To be honest this was definitely not a good mood to write a post and therefore I decided to postpone the post.
Five things helped me to change my mood
- Play Fallout 4
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder In Angel Lane on TV
- A long and relaxing rest
- Finish a book
- Buy a book

ENJOY READING ....

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A better week regarding reading. I finished two books.

Not I try to read whenever I find time. I hope to finish some books soon. For the first time I started to read a book set in Regency era which formally ended in 1837.I makes a lot of fun to read four different books parallel.

I finished

- What Angels Fear(digital, November 2005) [Kindle ASIN: B000OCXIDU] by C. S. Harris which is the first book in the Sebastian St. Cyrseries.
I wrote on GOODREADS:
"I have a knack for Victorian mysteries.
After reading the description of What Angels Fear I decided to give a Regency mystery a try.
And I have not been disappointed. On the contrary, I liked it a lot.

Intense story with twists and turns, vivid characters who promise more and an excellent depiction of Regency London.

What Angels Fear convinced me to read more books in the series.

I gave five stars because the book convinced me and satisfied me in every aspect.
Isn't it what books are for?"

- So far I read seven of the ten stories of Parallels:Felix was here(digital, 3rd May 2016) [Kindle ASIN: B01BI04FFQ] an Insecure Writer's Support Group Anthology.
I read the last three stories a few hours ago. There will be a full review. Not decided yet when it will be published.

I'm in

- nothing

No progress

- 77 pages in Kaisersturz (digital, 13th November 2015) [Kindle edition ASIN: B017XLAIYQ] by Felix A. Münter which is the first book in the Imperium von Westrin trilogy.

- Unfortunately the page count for this book on my new reader differs from the old one. I finished chapter 17 of Betrayal's Shadow (digital, 30th November 2015) [Kindle Edition ASIN:B018S2U4Z2] by Dave-Brendon de Burgh which is the first book in the Mahaelian Chronicle.
The book is good but I did not find time to continue.

Enjoy your weekend ....

Books

Dear readers, I'm the one to tell you
about books - only books?
What about novellas and other
stuff? My name is Bona.
I scour shelves, shops
and the net for books. If you call
me a book whore I
would not gainsay you. But be aware I
have my own, sometimes elusive
taste.New books on my shelf/reader or when one book leads to another

There is nearly no week without new books for my reader. Last week digital copies of two books found their way to me.

In the world of digital books it is not uncommon that you get revised editions.
I must say I prefer to stick to the original edition. But also my world is not without exceptions.
The book I talk about has been published first in 1983 and a second revised edition followed in 1990. That was a time when we did not think about digital editions. Since a few days the latest edition is available. I bought a digital copy after I read the post Author Query - Trevor Hoyle over at A Fantastical Librarian.
This is how author Trevor Hoyle introduce his book The Last Gasp(digital, 7th April 2016) [Kindle ASIN: B01BI04FFQ] to potential readers:

"The novel takes a look thirty years ahead. What it portrays is a rather terrifying 21st century prophesy of the world running out of oxygen, which could actually happen if we carry on polluting the oceans and cutting down the rain forests as we are doing. Imagine what it would be like, as if living at 15,000 feet on the side of a mountain and literally gasping for breath – that’s what the future could hold for the human race, and hence the title." [Source]

In case you like the official blurb:

"MANKIND IS KILLING
THE AIR WE BREATHE.

Scientists have been warning for decades that we are poisoning the Earth. Now their prophecy is coming true. The oceans have become polluted, destroying a crucial link in the planet's life-support system.

Instead of joining in friendship to meet this deadly future, corrupt superpowers are plotting to secure the last remaining clean air for the privileged few.

This is the terrifying 21st-century prophecy of what we are doing to our home in space.

Once it was just a scary bedtime story. Now it has become horrifyingly real.

because without I would have missed Dark Transmissions(digital, 1st March 2016) [Kindle ASIN: B015WXSN26] by Davila LeBlanc which is his debut novel and at the same time the start of the Tale of the Jinxed Thirteenth series.
The description aroused my interest and as I needed to do something good for me I bought a copy.

"It is the late 23rd century. For engineers Jessie Madison and her husband David, a routine maintenance contract on board the orbital mining station Moria 3 has become a nightmare. Upon awakening from cryo-stasis, they learn a horrifying truth: while they were asleep, machines rose up against humanity...and won.

Marooned and at the mercy of the station’s malicious artificial intelligence, OMEX, David and Jessie rig an emergency transmission to broadcast into the darkness, desperately hoping someone is still alive to hear it...

Navigating the fringes of explored space in the Covenant Patrol vessel the Jinxed Thirteenth, Captain Morwyn Soltaine picks up a distress signal from a space station. But it’s broadcasting in Ancient Humanity, a language that has been extinct for several millennia. Even more incredible: there are two survivors on board. Morwyn’s rag-tag crew of reformed criminals mount a rescue op, unaware of the dangerous foe awaiting them. As the past and future collide, a routine mission becomes a deadly game of wits." [Source]

In case the book is a good one then readers do not need to wait too long for the sequel because it will be published in July 2016. Here is the cover:

Hey,
I'm Bona Fide. I just
came back from my last foray through the
blogosphere. What can you
expect from me? I tell you: Everything
from Art to Fart as long as there
is any faint connection to books. And
here is some honey from the
beehive blogosphere...

Urban jungle
Hong Kong is a good example for urban jungle. Especially when you have the opportunity to see the town from above. I know I do not wan to live there after I saw the impressive photos over at WebUrbanist.

Hey, it's me Fide.
I'm a remote control professional.
I'm that fast that I can
watch two movies at the same time.

I can't really describe how much I like to play Fallout 4 on PS4. Whenever I read about the game and see videos on YouTube I'm surprised how much my game play differ from other people. So far I played nearly 200 hours and spent most of the time to roam the Wasteland and Boston. I admit I'm a hunter and gatherer.
Even I'm far beyond to finish the main quest, I liked to put my nose into the first DLC Automatron and finished the first two tasks. I was not sure if I would like the next next DLC Wasteland Workshop. But after I saw the official trailer which I must share with you, I must admit there are a lot of things which I like to get for my settlements.

There is no console on PS4. I do not really miss it.
Recently I found a video showing to get a rare armor by using a glitch. Normally I prefer to play games without tricks. But in this case I wanted to see if the mentioned glitch works on PS4 and it did. I took me some time to get the armor which can be useful under specific circumstances.

That's it for today. Come back
next week for more ......

QuotesI
'm the Keeper of
the minutes. But I don't mind when
you call me Kotm. No, no. I
don't explain to you how to pronounce.

The following quote has a point ......

"Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.”